Countdown to the Olympics, and an Asheville woman will be competing

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We’ve got 100 days to go before the start of the ’08 Olympics in Beijing. The Charlotte Observer has a set-up story and plans to preview a number of athletes, including an Asheville woman:

WILLOW KOERBER

Koerber, a world-class mountain biker, grew up in Asheville and went to school at UNC Asheville. She is the daughter of “peace-loving hippies,” as she put it. The Koerbers moved out of the commune and didn’t have a television in the house until she was 14.

“Even then,” she said, “we only watched `The Cosby Show.’ But the plus side was we spent most of our time outside in absolutely beautiful country.”